AI & Data Systems Platform Engineer

Clera; San Francisco (CA); On-site; CAD 277,000 - 388,000; Full time

Job summary

Clera is building one of the world’s largest living identity graphs powered by autonomous AI agents. We seek a Software Engineer, AI & Data Systems to own production systems, ship data pipelines, and develop AI-enabled platforms from intake to production.

You’ll collaborate with founders to translate vague customer needs into concrete software, balancing rapid delivery with reliability and security in a high-growth, in-person role in San Francisco.

Qualifications

• End-to-end ownership of a production system - from concept through deployment and ongoing operations.
• Strong backend engineering skills: APIs, data models, and distributed systems.
• Based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco for a full-time, in-office role.
• Experience at a talent-dense early-stage startup (seed through Series A/B) shipping across both product and infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience building and operating high-volume data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship customer-facing products and core platform capabilities across backend, data, infrastructure, and frontend surfaces.
• Design and operate high-volume data pipelines and services at massive scale with strong reliability, security, and observability.
• Build AI agents, agent harnesses, and developer tools - then operate them reliably at very large scale.
• Make architecture decisions, articulate tradeoffs clearly, and iterate designs as assumptions evolve.
• Work directly with founders and customers to translate vague requirements into clear product decisions and working software.

Skills

End-to-end ownership

Backend engineering

Relocation to SF

Startup experience

Data pipelines

CS degree

Education

CS degree from a top-tier university

Job description

Clera is building one of the world’s largest living identity graphs powered by autonomous AI agents. We seek a Software Engineer, AI & Data Systems to own production systems, ship data pipelines, and develop AI-enabled platforms from intake to production.

You’ll collaborate with founders to translate vague customer needs into concrete software, balancing rapid delivery with reliability and security in a high-growth, in-person role in San Francisco.